NTL East Wins in Senior Volleyball Match

The East, including two Wyalusing Valley seniors, defeated the West, 3-0, in the annual Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Senior Volleyball Match on Nov. 15.

Laci Holdren and Erin Dean-Swank represented the Lady Rams in the tilt at Towanda High School.

The East squad, which also included girls from Towanda, Canton, Athens and Sayre, rallied from a 23-16 deficit to win a marathon first game, 30-28.

Eight unanswered points gave the East a 24-23 lead. The score see-sawed until the East prevailed with two straight points after the West had tied the game at 28-all. Each team squandered two game points before the East pulled out the win.

In the second game, the East pulled out to a 10-3 lead en route to a 25-10 win.

The East sealed the win with a 25-18 win in the third game. Leading 12-8, the East took complete control with six unanswered points.

“It was exciting,” said Dean-Swank afterward. “It was fun to play with new people.”

Dean-Swank played most of the first game and part of the second despite being a little weak from donating blood earlier in the day.

She finished with two digs, one kill and a point.

Holdren, who played most of the final two games, had five digs and two points, and she agreed with her teammate.

“It was fun to play with different people from our league and different strategies,” she said.

Despite limited practice time together, Holdren was impressed with the way the team worked as one.

“We pulled it together,” she said. “It seemed kind of natural.”

Towanda’s Tori Welliver had 24 kills, six blocks, eight digs and five points.

Wyalusing Valley’s Laci Holdren digs out a ball during the Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Volleyball Match on Nov. 15. Wyalusing Valley’s Erin Dean-Swank sets the ball during play in the first game of the Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Senior Volleyball Match on Nov. 15. Also pictured is Canton’s Rachel Holmes (10).